In July 2016, the Asmodee Group — which is owned by French investment company Eurazeo — announced that it had entered into exclusive discussions to acquire F2Z Entertainment Inc., the Canadian publisher/distributor that owns the Z-Man Games, Filosofia Éditions, Pretzel Games, and Plaid Hat Games studios. The announcement didn't give a timeline for when this acquisition might take place or why an announcement of the discussions had to be made public.

I had heard from an informed source at SPIEL 2016 that a resolution to this issue would be announced the week of Monday, October 24. While nothing official has yet been made public, two business partners of F2Z Entertainment have shared a document that they received today from the company, the text of which reads: